Peterson/Gerhart gash Packers' defense for 237 yards

Green Bay --- Getting off the field has been a problem for the Green Bay Packers' defense these last four weeks.

On Sunday, it cost the team a win.

After Mason Crosby's chip-shot field goal in overtime, all the Packers needed was a stop on defense to win. Instead, Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhart continued to gash Green Bay's defense. In all, the two combined for 237 yards on 40 attempts. The Packers had no answer. »Read Full Blog Post

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SOFT is to kind a word for this pathetic bunch. Hey Daniels, watching the tape isn't gonna help. You been watching tape for 4 straight weeks and getting pushed around and gashed for 4 straight weeks. Undisciplined, poorly coached, fat, slow and uninspired, This defense stinks from top to bottom. If capers is not fired after this latest fiasco....... Give Kevin Greene a shot, he cant do any worse. How about some articles about the great TT draft and develop only strategy. What joke

soft and or because reliant on the 35 points per game everybody expects of the AARON RODGERS OFFENSE. maybe the problem is the delay in naming some portion of a street for mashed potato mike for "his" super bowl win .which 95% of the "owners" couldn't find with help from the cia

i dont care if gerhart is a solid player mr mike daniels. i dont care what tape you watch. ur defense is slow, fat, out of position, no leadership and a crappy defensive staff that has no clue how to adjust or motivate. lions will trash us because this defense sucks so bad for 3rd straight year.

In other words - poorly coached. I do wonder if there is a lack of accountability among the defensive players. How can they keep doing the same stuff week after week without realizing it's not working?

"On third and 9 in overtime, Peterson gained 15 yards on a draw. Gerhart gained 30 more yards. And Blair Walsh was able to tie the game up at 26."

pretty much all we need to know about our pathetic defensive unit coaches on down....disgusting and terrible. i cnat wait to watch the lions shred this team on t-day so finally finally MM will have zero choice but to fire this idiot Capers.....

i am not joking when i say this as i dont have the stats in front of me but this defense has to be wrost in NFL. maybe not stats wise but heart pride whatever they r terrible. i really would take jagaurs defense over this one.

The only positive from this performance is it likely gives the Vikings misguided hope that they have a pretty good offense and over rate themselves based on the pathetic defense the Packers have put on the field. In truth the Vikings are awful and should been trounced today. I hope there will be a total house cleaning of the D in the off season.

Unfortunately, Quail, due to the Packers/TT draft and develop philosophy, there can't really be a housecleaning. True, they can fire Capers and some or all of his staff. But unless you have ready made replacements available (and as we are seeing this season, they don't), you have to be willing to sign free agents or acquire veterans and TT doesn't operate that way. So bearing a few modest changes in the D, what you see is mostly what you get in '14

A great example of how soft our D is , just look at Bush as he completely turns away and avoids AP as he goes in for a TD. Reminds me of last years Williams back turn on AP. Soft safety's and DB's every year and a poor Capers scheme equals losing seasons. When do the apologists stop making excuses for this Capers led D and soft personnel?